If it has a title, I don't know it. As far as I am concerned, it is a significant improvement over the previous one. Just that I don't know what this one is supposed to tell me either. I mean, if we want triangulations on our walls, I would prefer a large print of the Loops '05 poster, which I find has higher artistic value.

But I am just an ignorant layperson with an unqualified opinion. Yesterday, I asked some colleagues what they think about the new painting. I got eyes rolled to heaven, and somebody who I don't want to name said it looks like color exercises in high school. The only association I had standing in front of the painting was the price for silver acrylic color. (It's hard to see on the photo, but the lighter shapes on the right side are silver).

:-) Well. Maybe the painting works on some wall, but I honestly don't like it on this wall. I think the problem is that PI has hired a professional to select some paintings. She, however, has several artists under contract and basically tries to sell their paintings. I have no doubt she knows what she is doing. The question is tho whose benefit. Among other things she claims this wall needs something large and colorful. Problem is, colorful in the way she seems to have it in mind just doesn't go with the whole building - which is mostly in decent ochre (hardwood), lighter and darker greyshades, with a lot of glass. I keep wondering why we need anything at this wall to begin with. I would even prefer to just take the PI logo - in my opinion this logo is pretty much ingenious. Either way. To be honest, I am probably just jealous because I can't paint on canvas that size, and if I did, nobody would be willing to pay several thousand bucks for it. Best,

Thanks for the link, that is a great picture! Too bad Heller's gallery returns only an error message. There are some more pics here on this website.

Stefan, look at this, do you recall the black hole production? Looks to me as if Heller choose the stepsize somewhat too large, his curves look rather bumpy to me. But his color choice is somewhat more courageous.

It's pathetic that after getting rid of one painting that nobody liked, they (whoever they is) would pick a quasi-isomorphic painting by the same artist. The new one is better: the first one violated every rule of art, chopping the composition awkwardly in two with an arbitrary horizontal line near the bottom. But --- the new one is still not actually good. The empty black wall was better. You should stage a revolt, and get the artist that Uncle Al recommended - or anyone else with a sense of style.

Stefan, look at this, do you recall the black hole production? Looks to me as if Heller choose the stepsize somewhat too large, his curves look rather bumpy to me.

Thanks for the pointer :-). There is more information about the figure on the artist's website. It is "a stroboscopic record of a collision between four diatomic molecules, a tetra-atomic molecule, and an atom", so it is produced in a way very similar to these qMD artwork - other particles, other potential, but otherwise essentially the same. And yes, the time step seems to be quite big, that's why the bumps.

well, the abstraction would likely be pouring a bowl with spaghetti on the canvas, covering it with plenty of transparently drying glue, and calling it 'The mysterious amateur' (title created by randomly opening a thesaurus).

Hi Stefan,

I would estimate the size to roughly 2.5 x 1.8 m or so. It's really a large painting, this is apparently why it's not so easy to get a replacement. A smaller painting absolutely wouldn't work on this wall. Best,